Taskforce Serves 7-Day Abatement Notice To Residents ln Warri, Marks Illegal Buildings For Demolition

Taskforce Serves 7-Day Abatement Notice To Residents ln Warri, Marks Illegal Buildings For Demolition  

Delta State Taskforce on environment has served abatement notices on several premises in Warri metropolis and its environ for violating environmental sanitation laws.

It also marked some illegal buildings on top drainage canals along Olare river road, Bendel Estate in Uvwie local government area for demolition.

Chairman of the Taskforce, Hon. Sylvester Oromoni who led the team for an inspection visit on Tuesday complained that most of the environmental problems observed were due to clear violation by the people.  

At the various places were the environmental breeches were observed, he asked the owners and occupants of the premises to take immediate action to correct observed lapses as the taskforce will come back to check compliance level. 

The team which was at Edah Street, off Okere Ugborikoko road discovered that most house owners in the area connected their septic system into the public drains which is capable of causing widespread occurrence of infectious disease in and around the neighborhood. Auntie Mansal Bakery and other buildings in the street were served abatement notices to abate the nuisance within 7days. 

While at Robinson Plaza along Déco road, the state taskforce chairman, Hon. Oromoni expressed displeasure over the traffic gridlock caused as result of illegal parking of vehicle by customers at the roadside.

To avoid impounding of customers vehicles, Oromoni charged the management of plaza to provide car park space for its customers, stressing that illegal parking of vehicle along the public road will no longer be tolerated by Delta state government.

Reacting to residents at Bendel Estate Ogboroke, Oromoni frowned at the environmental nuisance perpetrated by landlords. He said the deliberate blocked of canal with building is part of the reason warri and its environ are suffering from annual flooding. He therefore, urged landlords of whose buildings are marked to immediately correct the error before government come back for operation bulldoze illegal structures in a week time.

Meanwhile, the team was also at Igbudu Market, where it was discovered that the canal which is supposed take water from the area into warri River was blocked by refuse illegally dumped by unknown persons.  

When contacted, the member representing Delta south in the Waste management board, Hon. Mofe Edema said that Igbudu market have two PSP covering it and was surprised to hear that people are patronizing cart pushers. 

In his reaction, Chief Efe Ukwuwhere, the secretary general of Igbudu community said that the only medium of disposing the waste generated by the traders are through cart pushers as PSP has since ceased to attend to them. The secretary general also called on the government and well meaning individuals of Warri South to help provide toilets in the market as the market lacks toilet amenities.